xi, 492 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-471) and index

Preface-From Slavery to Freedom-The Reconstruction Period-The Colored National Labor Union-The Knights of Labor and the Black Worker-The AF of L and the Black Work, 1881-1915-The AF of L and the Black Worker (cont.)-The Railroad Brother hoods and the IWW, 1890-1915-The Black Worker on the Eve of World War I-The Rise of the Black industrial Working Class, 1915-18-The AF of L and the Black Worker During World War I-Postwar Black Militancy-The AF of L and the Black Worker, 1921-29-Black Workers During the Great Depression-The AF of L and the Black Worker, 1934-35-The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters-The CIO and the Black Worker, 1935-39-World War II-The Economic Status of the Black Worker, 1945-99-The cold War Witch Hunts and the Black Worker-The National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55-The National Negro Labor Council, 1951-55-The AFL_CIO and the Black Worker: The First Five Years-The Negro Labor Alliance, 1960-65 -- The Negro Labor Alliance, 1965-68-Memphis and Charleston: Triumph of the Negro Labor Alliance-Black Powers in the unions-The Current Scene and prospects for the Future

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